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Posted: 03-Sep-23
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 236516
Occupational Summary
The individual filling this position in the Stem Cell Laboratory will be an integral member of a team of physicians, nurses, physician extenders, and allied health professionals providing clinical and laboratory services related to pediatric and adult bone marrow transplantation. The Stem Cell Laboratory is a clinical laboratory not a research laboratory.
Work Performed
- STCL EMMES database data entry requirements
- EPIC (clinical medical record used on-site)
- File Reviews required for laboratory batch records
- Completion of quality control worksheets daily, weekly, monthly, etc
- Filing of laboratory results in designated/secured file cabinets
- Completion of CIBMTR data forms by designated deadlines assigned
- Verification of flow-related documentation/calculations to ensure accuracy before reporting
- Completion of CFU worksheets and data entry in CCBB EMMES database, if needed
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Flow Cytometry skills including staining, acquisition, and analysis of samples
- Blood banking skills including manual and automated manipulation such as red blood
- cell reduction, volume reduction, and plasma reduction of cellular products including
- cord blood, bone marrow, peripheral blood progenitor cells, etc. used to support
- patients undergoing stem cell transplantation
- Processing, testing, and cryopreservation of cellular products
- Thawing of cellular products for infusion (dextran-albumin thaws, 37ºC thaws)
- Processing and testing of incoming NMDP products for infusion
- Processing and testing of allogeneic fresh products for infusion
- Processing and testing of outgoing NMDP products
- Hematology skills needed to include automated cell counts, manual differentials, etc.
- Experience using sterile technique desired to ensure that there is no crosscontamination
- of the cellular products being prepared for transplant
- Experience in plating and enumeration of colony forming unit (CFU) assays desired
- Performing maintenance procedures on equipment - daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
- Good pipetting skills required
- Excellent troubleshooting skills essential
- Exceptionally good communication skills required
- Detail-oriented, legible documentation is required on all source documentation
- Must be able to follow Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and Good Manufacturing
- Practices (GMP) in the laboratory to meet regulatory requirements
- Strong computer skills needed to ensure accurate results are entered in respective data
bases used within the STCL - Strong math skills needed to ensure calculations are confirmed for all results reported
on source documentation within the lab and in the medical record
Level Characteristics
Within the clinical laboratories we embrace Duke's purpose, placing the patient at the center of everything we do. We do this by demonstrating behaviors that focus on delivering patient and family centered care and embodying the values that promote a positive work culture. We expect every team member to commit to these values and hold each other accountable in the spirit of mutual respect and belonging.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
- Candidate must have a B.S. Degree in Medical Technology or a related science field.
Experience
- Minimally two years of experience in general laboratory medicine but experience including flow cytometry, hematology, blood banking, etc. strongly preferred.
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
- Certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) by a nationally-recognized agency (ie.ASCP, NCA) is required.
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